People with remote-unfriendly jobs are improvising ways to stay in business during the pandemic. Nail salons are mailing out bespoke fake nails to their clients. Some tattoo artists have turned to selling stickers with their designs. Bartenders, hair stylists, fitness instructors and makeup artists are offering their services virtually via online services like Zoom and…… MORE
Most House Republicans are expected to return to the Capitol this week to vote in person despite the new rules allowing lawmakers to vote remotely, showing the continuing divide between the two parties over whether it’s safe to return to work amid the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats, concerned about the safety of returning to the Capitol,…… MORE
Wall Street returned from Memorial Day weekend in a euphoric mood as investors celebrated the reopening of the American economy from the coronavirus pandemic. Optimism about a potential resurgence of consumer spending and hopes for a vaccine carried the Dow above the 25,000 level Tuesday for the first time in 11 weeks. The index has…… MORE
A top internal watchdog at the Pentagon, Glenn Fine, submitted his resignation Tuesday, more than a month after President Donald Trump effectively removed him as chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a group of independent watchdogs tasked with overseeing $2 trillion in emergency coronavirus funding. One Pentagon official told CNN that Glenn Fine, the…… MORE
The decision to wear a face mask in public — already at the center of a national cultural battle over individual responsibility in the pandemic — emerged as a political wedge this weekend after the two men vying in this year’s presidential contest took divergent approaches on Memorial Day. The unmasked and masked public appearances…… MORE
CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is joined by colleague and veteran anchor, Wolf Blitzer, to discuss covering the unprecedented story of this coronavirus pandemic. You can listen on your favorite podcast app or read the transcript below. CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer (Archival clip): Our medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, is at a hospital…… MORE
“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling has announced a new story called “The Ickabog” to entertain children during coronavirus lockdown. Rowling started writing “The Ickabog” while she was still completing the original Wizarding World series, and intended to publish it following the seventh — and final — “Harry Potter” book. However, she decided to step back…… MORE
New Hampshire is going big on bats this summer. Fish and Game officials in the state are looking for volunteers to go bat counting. They’re asking participants to keep track of bats they see on their property and elsewhere as part of a statewide bat counting project. Barns and church steeples often serve as summer…… MORE
Over the last 10 days, President Donald Trump has repeatedly insinuated that former Florida congressman (and current MSNBC anchor) Joe Scarborough may have been personally involved in the 2001 death of an aide in his district office. Here’s Trump’s latest (of many) tweets on it — from Tuesday morning: “The opening of a Cold Case…… MORE
A fight over how to fund the European Union’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is stoking tensions between wealthier and poorer countries, threatening to delay the region’s economic rebound and unleash political and financial forces that could pull the bloc apart. On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is due to unveil her…… MORE